# Arthur Chandler (bishop)

> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Arthur_Chandler_(bishop)
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Arthur_Chandler_(bishop).md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Chandler_(bishop)
> Source revision: 1289586743
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

**Arthur Chandler** (1859–1939) was [Bishop of Bloemfontein](/source/Anglican_Diocese_of_the_Free_State)[1] from 1902[2] until 1920.

Born at [Witley Manor](/source/Witley#Witley_Manor) on 25 March 1859, he was the son of the [Rev. John Chandler](/source/John_Chandler_(clergyman)), vicar of [Witley](/source/Witley).[3] He was educated at [Marlborough](/source/Marlborough_College) and [University College, Oxford](/source/University_College,_Oxford),[4] and [ordained](/source/Ordained) in 1883.[5] He began his career as [Chaplain](/source/Chaplain) to [Brasenose College, Oxford](/source/Brasenose_College,_Oxford), where he was also tutor and elected a [Fellow](/source/Fellow). Later, he was chaplain to the [Bishop of Salisbury](/source/John_Wordsworth).[6] He was [Rector](/source/Rector_(ecclesiastical)) of [All Saints Church, Poplar](/source/All_Saints_Church,_Poplar), [London](/source/London), from 1891 until late 1901 when he was appointed to the [episcopate](/source/Episcopate).[7] He was enthroned in [the Cathedral](/source/St._George's_Cathedral,_Cape_Town), [Cape Town](/source/Cape_Town) on 2 February 1902,[8] and arrived at his see shortly thereafter.

In November 1901 he received the honorary degree [Doctor of Divinity](/source/Doctor_of_Divinity) from the [University of Oxford](/source/University_of_Oxford).[9]

In 1931 he proposed changing the order of the Holy Communion service so that the prayer of oblation followed immediately after the consecration and was then followed by the [Lord's Prayer](/source/Lord's_Prayer) (corresponding to the order in the [*Book of Common Prayer* (1549)](/source/Book_of_Common_Prayer_(1549))). The proposal aroused some support and some opposition and was adopted in some churches though it never received episcopal approval; its provisional nature was the reason for terming it the "Interim" rite.[10] In 1934 he was President of the [Church Union](/source/The_Church_Union).[11] [St George's, Hanover Square](/source/St_George's,_Hanover_Square), London, was one of the churches using the Interim rite.[12]

Chandler retired to [Petersfield](/source/Petersfield), where he lived at 3 Weston Road with his sister, and where he died on 5 November 1939, aged 80.[13] He was unmarried.[3]

## Publications

- Arthur Chandler, *The Spirit of Man*. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1891.

## References

1. [Project Canterbury](http://anglicanhistory.org/africa/chandler/index.html)

1. [Chronological History of the Diocese of the Free State](http://www.eagle-i.co.za/dsc_wp/wp/?page_id=12) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20100801031026/http://www.eagle-i.co.za/dsc_wp/wp/?page_id=12) 2010-08-01 at the Wayback Machine

1. 'Death of a Bishop', in *The Surrey Advertiser*, 8 November 1939, p. 2

1. [“Who was Who” 1897–2007](/source/Who's_Who) London, [A & C Black](/source/A_%26_C_Black), 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7

1. "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London: Hamilton & Co., 1889

1. [Malden Richard (ed)](/source/Richard_Malden) (1920). *Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn)*. London: The Field Press. p. 143.

1. [Wits Historical Papers](http://www.historicalpapers.wits.ac.za/inventory.php?iid=7442)

1. "Ecclesiastical intelligence". No. 36645. 23 December 1901. p. 4.

1. "University intelligence". No. 36605. 6 November 1901. p. 4.

1. Cross, F. L.; Livingstone, E. A. (eds., 1983) *Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church*; 2nd ed., revised. Oxford: Oxford University Press; p. 709

1. *A History of Christianity in Petersfield: the stories of the local churches*. Petersfield: Petersfield Area Historical Society, Monograph No 4, 2001 ISSN 0262-5970

1. Perry, Maria (1999). *Mayfair Madams*. London: André Deutsch. p. 89. ISBN 0-233-99476-9.

1. *Obituary Bishop Chandler* [The Times](/source/The_Times) Tuesday, Nov 07, 1939; pg. 10; Issue 48456; col D

---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Arthur Chandler (bishop)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Chandler_(bishop)) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Chandler_(bishop)?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.